Eastern partnership countries
The Division’s projects in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine address issues of criminal justice reform, national case-law harmonisation, Human Rights training of legal professionals, capacity building of national human rights institutions, combatting ill-treatment and discrimination. The Division is also working with Belarus on key human rights topics.
On-going projects
Armenia
- Support to the effective execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia
- Armenia- Support to the Justice Reform in Armenia
- Fostering human rights in the armed forces in Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
- Reinforcing National Execution of the European Court's judgments by Georgia
- Fight against discrimination, hate crimes and hate speech in Georgia
- Supporting the criminal justice reforms - tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reforms in Georgia
- Supporting Parliamentary Oversight over Execution of the European Court Judgments in Georgia
Moldova
- Strengthening the Human Rights Protection of Refugees and Migrants in the Republic of Moldova
- Strengthening the capacities of the justice sector actors to deliver justice in line with European standards, in particular to fight discrimination in Moldova
- Strengthening the human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova
Ukraine
- Strengthening Judicial and Non-Judicial Remedies for the Human Rights Protection of the War-Affected People in Ukraine
- Support to the functioning of justice in the war and post-war context in Ukraine
- Strengthening Ukrainian Law Enforcement Agencies During War and Post-War Period
- Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine-PGGIII
Regional
Completed projects
Armenia
- Supporting the criminal justice reform and harmonizing the application of the European standards in Armenia
- Strengthening the application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in Armenia
- Strengthening the Application of European Human Rights standards in the Armed forces
- Supporting the criminal justice reform and combating ill-treatment and impunity
- Human rights and women in the armed forces in Armenia - Phase I
- Human rights and women in the armed forces in Armenia - Phase II
Azerbaijan
- Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
- Support to justice sector reform initiatives in Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
- Improving the operational capacities of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia
- Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and harmonisation of national legislation and judicial practice in line with European Standards
- Strengthening the application of the European Convention on Human Rights
Moldova
- Support to a coherent national implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Republic of Moldova
- Support to criminal justice reforms in the Republic of Moldova
- Supporting national efforts of prevention and combatting discrimination
- Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova
Ukraine
- EU and Council of Europe working together to strengthen the Ombudsperson’s capacity to protect human rights
- Supporting institutions to combat ill-treatment in Ukraine
- Human rights compliant criminal justice system in Ukraine
- Consolidation of Justice Sector Policy Development in Ukraine
- Support to the Criminal Justice Reform in Ukraine
- Immediate Measures Package for Ukraine
- Strengthening the implementation of European Human rights standards in Ukraine
- Continued Support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine
- Enhancing Implementation of the European Human Rights Standards in Ukraine
- Consolidating Ukraine's Justice Sector Reform
Regional
- Strengthening the lawyers’ capacity in the domestic application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter
- Combatting ill-treatment
- Reinforcing the fight against ill-treatment and impunity
Russian Federation